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SAMUEL O. TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,384, dated January 27, 1891.

Application led March 31,1890. Serial No. 345,952. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. TAYLOR, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vfindows, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide for the ready insertion and removal of window-sash and to adapt sashes provided with cords and weights to be tipped forward for lo cleaning their outer sides.

My invention is applicable to single or double sash windows, and when applied to a double-sash window both sashes can be readily inserted into and removed from the frame t5 Vor tipped, as and for the purpose described.

In carrying out my invention I modify the usual construction of window-framesmby setting the jamb of the frame so as to form an obtuse angle tothe sill, and thereby I am enabled, when two sashes are used, to raise or lower either of the sashes without interference between their weights or cords. This arrangement also permits the connection of the ends of the sash-cords to the rear faces instead of the edges of the sash, and thereby the cord is prevented from interfering with the movement of the sash in tipping the latter forward for cleaning. The upper sash, where two are used, may run in ways formed by strips or stops in the usual way; but the stops for the lower sash arc entirely omitted in my improved construction, and instead thereof pins or pintles are affixed in the edges of the sash toward the top and bottom thereof, and the frame has grooves forming ways, within which these pintles move when the sash is being manipulatedn These grooves are interrupted at a point above the midheight of the frame to permit the upper pin- 4O tles to pass out of the grooves when it is desired to tip the window.

To adapt my invention to sash of the ordinary construction, I prefer to make strips of the usual height and thickness and adapted to be secured to the edges of the lower sash. To the rear faces of these strips I secure the ends of the sash-cords in any convenient manner, and from their outer edges the pintles before mentioned project.

In the drawings. Figure l is a front elevation of a window-frame with two sashes and embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3. Fig. et is a front elevation of a single sash with transom. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. G is a transverse section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, 7 represents the sill, and S the jambs, of the window-frame. The frame may be of the usual construction, except that the jambs are set at an obtuse angle to the sill, their inner edges the farthest apart, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and G.

9 and lO are stops for the upper sash, the former being cut away at about the normal position of the meeting-rails. W'ithin the triangular spaces bounded by the face of the jambs, these stops 9 and l0, and the sashframes l1 and l2 the cords 13 operate, said cords being carried over the sheaves 14, set in the j ambs 8. In the space behind the j ambs the weights are arranged to move, and instead of being confined to move within a space of four to six inches, the usual width of jamb, the available space is much greatenowing to the manner of setting the jamb and sheaves, which permit the weights to travel on opposite sides of a vert-ical plane passing through the sash at right angles. Strips latiL are se cured to the edges of the lower sash by screws or in any other convenient way, and the sashcords are secured to the rear faces of these strips. From the outer edges of these strips project the pintlcs l5 IG, which are adapted to run in a groove 17, formed by rabbeting the edge of the casing 1S. The casing is cut away on its edge, as at 19, j ust above the plane of the meeting-rails, to permit the pintles l5` to leave the groove 17 when it is desired to tip the sash forward, as shown in Fig. 3, in which posit-ion the pintles 1G form pivots on which the sash is rocked, the weight supporting its upper end. In this movement it is evident that the saslrcord does not impede the free manipulation of the window, as it would if secured to the edge of the sash. The auxiliary strips serve to build out the lower sash to compensate the peculiar setting of the j amb, and as they are inexpensive andquickly applied their use is preferred to the alternative of constructing the sash of unusual width.

In fitting the sash, the pulleys having been IOO properly set and the stops afiixed, the cords or chains are attached to the rear faces of the side sills oi the sash frame. 'lhe upper` sash is then put in place by inserting it from beneath the front stops and shoving it up to place. The lower sash is then put in place, the strips 14.- having been secured thereon, by first passing the pintles 1G through the apertures 19, and then the sash is pushed down until the upper pintles are opposite the openings 19, when they are passed through, and the window can then bevrun up and down freely without liability of passing out of place, the weights tending to keep it in proper position.

By reversing' the movements j ust described both upper and lower sashes can be readily removed without taking out the st-ops; but'it is not necessary to entirely remove them for cleaning the outside. Hence when desired to clean them the upper pintles of the lower sash are passed through the openings 19, and the sash can then be tipped forward for cleaning.

In the construction shown in Figs. l, 5, and 6 my invention is shown as applied to a single-sash window with a transom. In this eX- ample the Ways 17 are formed by a groove in a vertical strip 172i; but they maybe formed in the face of the jamb. In this instance also a sheave 13 is employed to give proper direction to the sash-cord.

I claim- 1. A window-frame having the jambs thereof set at an obtuse angle on the sill and facing outwardly, in combination with sashfraines, the lower one of which is wider than the upper to correspond to the setting oi' the jal'nbs, cords having counterbalance-weights and connected to the sash-frame near th eir upper ends, and pintles projecting from the edges of the framesinto ways provided in the frame, and said ways having transverse apertures therein through which the pintles maybe inserted and removed, substantially as described.

2. A window comprising, in combination, ,iambs set at an obtuse angle on the sill, a eo unlerbaianeed sash-frame arranged to move in ways, said ways having apertures therein, and pintles projected from the edges of the sash-frame and into said ways and adapted to pass through said apertures, whereby the sash may be tipped to permit access to its outer side, substantially as described.

3. In a window, the combination, with j ambs set at an obtuse angle on the sill, of outer and inner stops for the sash-frames, set at right angles to said frames, to provide passages for suspending cords, said cords secured to the rear sides of the sash-frames, the lower sash having its side margins extended to correspond with the setting of the jambs by strips secured to the margins, pintles projecting from said strips toward the ends thereof, ways wherein the pintles travel, and apertures in said ways to permit -the passing through of the upper pintles, whereby the lower sash-frame maybe tipped to permit access to its outer side, substantially as described.

4. In a window, the coinbination,with jambs set at an obtuse angle upon the sills-whereby to provide elongated weight-pockets, of sash-A frames having cou nterbalancin g weights moving within said pockets, and the lower sash being wider than the upper to correspond to the setting of the jambs, substantially as described.

SAMUEL C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

C. C. LINTHIGUM, N. M. BOND. 

